DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK Couples who say "I do" in Las Vegas will find glorious isolation and first-rate accommodations two hours away at the Furnace Creek Inn in the heart of Death Valley National Park in California. The inn was built in 1927 by the Pacific Borax Co. to provide upscale accommodations for the company's executives. It was built in the Mission style, complete with red-tile roofs, indigenous stone and adobe bricks made on the site by Shoshone Indians. The Panamint Mountains and spectacular views of the desert surround the inn.

Furnace Creek Inn has 66 rooms, including a pair of suites. For the ultimate getaway, reserve a room with a spa tub and a balcony overlooking the desert. There's plenty to do in the park, including golfing at the world's lowest links, the below-sea-level Furnace Creek Golf Course, and horseback riding, hiking and spectacular drives. However, newlyweds may not want to leave the inn's delightfully warm, spring-fed swimming pool. Rates start at $230 per night. The best time to visit is November through April, when the weather is most comfortable. For more information, call 760-786- 2345.

GRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK Honeymooners heading to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming will find a pair of intriguing hotel options. The intimate Jenny Lake Lodge is situated at the base of the Tetons and offers 37 Old West-style historic cabins dating from the 1920s. Rooms are appointed with down comforters, handmade quilts and no TVs or phones. The lodge is close to plenty of hiking trails. Nightly rates, including breakfast, fivecourse prix-fixe dinner, horseback riding and bicycle rentals, start at $429 per couple.

Set atop a bluff overlooking Jackson Lake and the Tetons, the 385-room Jackson Lake Lodge is a fullservice resort. The lodge boasts a heated outdoor swimming pool, two restaurants and an activities desk that can arrange horseback riding, float trips on the Snake River, lake cruises, fishing, and bus tours of Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks. View rooms (you want that, don't you?) start at $225 per night.

To learn more about either property, call 800-628- 9988 or visit www.gtlc.com.

VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK A visit to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island adds new meaning to the phrase, "Come on, baby, light my fire." Located high atop Mauna Loa is an active volcano, which you can explore by car or foot. (The best way, however, is a ranger-led night hike, when you can see the lava glow.)